Under English in the Australian Curriculum for Year 3 students are required to complete the following -
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY1676) Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence (ACELY1677) Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose(ACELY1682) Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation(ACELY1683) Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements(ACELY1685) Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations (ACELA1476)
In the Year 3 Productive Achievement Standards, students are required to -
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas. They understand how language can be used to express feelings and opinions on topics. Their texts include writing and images to express and develop in some detail experiences, events, information, ideas and characters. Students create a range of texts for familiar and unfamiliar audiences. They contribute actively to class and group discussions, asking questions, providing useful feedback and making presentations. They demonstrate understanding of grammar and choose vocabulary and punctuation appropriate to the purpose and context of their writing. They use knowledge of sounds and high frequency words to spell words accurately, checking their work for meaning. They write using joined letters that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
Unit of Work - With the use of a narrative directed program, The Seven Steps Writing program - http://www.sevenstepswriting.com/, the teacher explicitily teaches each of the steps throughout the term. After the explicit teaching for each stage, students are to write their own narrative via a wiki tool within Life. each student is in a group of three or four peers, who each week, have to look over their group members writing and offer suggestions and constructive feedback. The teacher is also able to go online and comment on students’ work regularly, leaving suggestions and ongoing feedback towards the writing piece assisting in the ongoing development of the narrative.
Creative Writing
Under English in the Australian Curriculum for Year 3 students are required to complete the following -
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY1676)
Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence (ACELY1677)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose(ACELY1682)
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation(ACELY1683)
Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements(ACELY1685)
Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations (ACELA1476)
In the Year 3 Productive Achievement Standards, students are required to -
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas. They understand how language can be used to express feelings and opinions on topics. Their texts include writing and images to express and develop in some detail experiences, events, information, ideas and characters.Students create a range of texts for familiar and unfamiliar audiences. They contribute actively to class and group discussions, asking questions, providing useful feedback and making presentations. They demonstrate understanding of grammar and choose vocabulary and punctuation appropriate to the purpose and context of their writing. They use knowledge of sounds and high frequency words to spell words accurately, checking their work for meaning. They write using joined letters that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
Unit of Work -
With the use of a narrative directed program, The Seven Steps Writing program - http://www.sevenstepswriting.com/, the teacher explicitily teaches each of the steps throughout the term. After the explicit teaching for each stage, students are to write their own narrative via a wiki tool within Life. each student is in a group of three or four peers, who each week, have to look over their group members writing and offer suggestions and constructive feedback. The teacher is also able to go online and comment on students’ work regularly, leaving suggestions and ongoing feedback towards the writing piece assisting in the ongoing development of the narrative.